Distance Learning Programme:

The distance learning programme started on 23 April 2012

with module 4.2 the theme being “Literature review & writing

a research question”. Initially Fellows were slow to visit the

Forum but as they familiarized themselves with the entire proc-

ess, this situation improved. Jo Rew was supportive, helpful

and encouraging in getting everyone onboard with the new

learning process.

Module 3.1 “Assessment overview” will begin on the 28 May

2012.

Facilitators have joined their particular modules and forums

assisting wherever possible.

“Old” Fellow who wish to participate should contact Jo Rew

and obtain further information on how to register and pay for

the various modules. She can be contacted on her email:

jo@cenmedic.net

2011 and 2012 Fellows

Distance learning programme

Projects/Posters being presented at SAAHE:

2011 Fellows

Presentations:

Diagnosis before you prescribe: Faculty needs assessment as

a base for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) design

by T. Al-Mahdi

Faculty needs assessment in health professions education at

the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences by

M. Chidzonga

Creating an educational environment that fosters agency and

social accountability in health professionals by E. Meyer

Reasons for progression and on-progression in clinical rea-

soning by C. Postma

SAAHE 5th National Conference 2012

June 2012

Issue 1

Distance Learning 1

SAFRI presenters 1

SAFRI posters 2

SAAHE guest speakers 2-3

SAFRI News items 4

Inside this issue:

Special points of

interest:

Introduction of Dis-

tance Learning Pro-

gramme

SAAHE Conference

in Bloemfontein 21—

23 June 2012

SAFRI Fellows pre-

senting at SAAHE

Important news

items from Fellows

past and present

SAFRI NEWSLETTER - JUNE

Posters:

E-learning during Public Health fieldwork by P. Barnard-Ashton

Training needs assessment for a group of medical educators at AlNeelain University, Sudan by S. Brair

Training needs of gender-based violence of medical students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria by F.

Fawole

Faculty development needs of emergency medicine graduates in CT, South Africa by Heike Geduld

Implementation of OSCEs in assessment of post-graduate students in the dept. Of Obs & Gynae, Makerere

University College of HS by M. Kagawa

Perception of preceptors regarding expected competencies of final year midwifery students in Mulago

Training school for nurses and midwives by M. Kabanga

Improving basic surgical skills for final year medical students by M. Labib

Faculty needs assessment at School of Med. Of the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tan-

zania by M. Manyama

Factors influencing recruitment and retention of faculty at Catholic University of Health and Allied Sci-

ences, Bugando by S. Mshana

Using clinical teaching assistants to improve clinical skills training for third year medical students at the

University of Zimbabwe by R. Ndhlovu

Current objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) practice in Kampala International University

teaching hospital by K. Ogah

Implementation of distance learning courses for health professionals in rural areas by S. Osman

Undergraduate medical student clinical ultrasound program considered to be core knowledge in Madagas-

car by A. Rabenandrasana

Breaking bad news: public health electives for medical students by L. Wolvaardt

Jonathan Jansen

Independent non-executive Director (Member of the Board Transformation Committee), PhD (Stanford), MSc

(Cornell), BEd, HEd (UNISA), BSc (UWC).

Jonathan is Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State. President of the South African

Institute of Race Relations. He holds a Honorary Doctors of Education degrees from the University of Edin-

burgh and Cleveland State University. He is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association and

the Academy of Science for the Developing world. He is a prominent author and speaker on educational mat-

ters around the world. He joined the ADvTECH Limited Board in 2004.

SAFRI Poster presentations

SAAHE Guest speakers

Page 2 SAFRI Newsletter I ssue 1

W.Bosseau Murray:

Professor of Anesthesiology; Associate Director, Director of Research, Clinical Simulation Center, Penn

State College of Medicine

I have been working in Academic Institutions and therefore involved in medical education in general since

1978, and involved in training in a simulation center since 1993 when I became the first Director of the

PennState Simulation Lab. I have been training all levels of health care workers in the skills of intubation

for more than 30 years, and I have been training pre-hospital personnel (ambulance and helicopter) form

Deborah Murdoch-Eaton: Deborah Murdoch-Eaton is a Professor of Medical Education and Director of Student Education within the

School of Medicine, Leeds UK with responsibility for all taught components – from undergraduate through

to taught postgraduate programmes!

As a practicing paediatrician, Deborah’s achievements in the field of teaching and learning reflect close

contact with the purposes and challenges of working in an ever-changing health service. Her interests focus

around developing students’ individuality and potential and she is particularly interested in how medical

students acquire generic learning skills – the so-called “transferable skills” . She has a strong interest in

Internationalism, and in the challenges posed by the globalization of health care. Her recent publications

reflect conceptualization of how to develop socially accountable graduates.

SAAHE Guest speakers contd.

Dason Evans: Dason Evans is currently an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Bart’s and the London. He has

worked for almost 12 years as Research Fellow, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at Bart’s and the London and

then head of clinical skills at St George’s, University of London. He has a Masters in Health Professions Edu-

cation (Maastricht) and is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. His areas of interest have been Clinical Skills teaching, learning and assessment; Supporting students in aca-

demic difficulty; and teaching students to teach. Recently he has become increasingly involved in faculty de-

velopment. His core philosophy, running through all his work, is around helping students to focus their learning

on the long term goal of excellent patient care rather than on the next academic hurdle.

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Jo Brown: Jo Brown is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Clinical Communication at St George’s, University of London as

well as being the lead for the Patient and Doctor Theme. She began her career in nursing and management

and has been teaching since 1992. She has specialised in Clinical Communication since 1998 and her passion

for the subject is infectious. She has a particular interest in providing academic support for students who

struggle or fail whilst at medical school. She is a curriculum designer, an examiner and an external examiner.

She has recently set up the Clinical Communication curriculum at the new St George’s Medical School in

Cyprus and has spent the last two years visiting medical schools in The Netherlands, Canada and Sweden to

explore different conceptualisations of medical education. She is an experienced mentor of teachers in higher

education and runs courses on teaching and learning techniques. She has recently developed post graduate

courses for senior doctors on the practical application of clinical communication in everyday clinical prac-

tice.

Janet Grant: Janet is Director of CenMEDIC (the Centre for Medical Education in Context) and the FAIMER Centre for

Distance Learning. She is Emeritus Professor of Education in Medicine at the Open University in the UK and

Special Adviser to the World Federation for Medical Education. Her interests are in policy research in medi-

cal education, regulation, educational development, continuing professional development and curriculum.

CenMEDIC runs an international distance learning course on medical education for the US Foundation for

the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research [FAIMER]. Her Centre also developed

and manages Sci59, the online psychometric Specialty Choice Inventory. Janet was a foundation member of

the UK regulatory body for postgraduate medical education: the Postgraduate Medical Education and Train-

ing Board. She was Chair of its Curriculum Sub-Committee which set standards for and approved curricula

for all postgraduate training programmes. She is a member of the Joint Academic Standards Board of the Bar

Council.

David Taylor: David is currently Senior Tutor and Deputy Director of Medical Studies in Liverpool Medical School. He

has a number of interests, which include PBL, pastoral care and professionalism. David is currently working

through the ways that our understanding of educational theory can help us to work “cleverer” rather than

“harder”, the key outcome being to make sure that the next generation of healthcare students will be able to

look after him in his declining years.

Wendy McMillan: Prof Wendy McMillan is Education Advisor to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Western Cape.

She has held this position since 2003. Her responsibilities include staff development with regard to teaching

and learning, student academic support, curriculum development, quality assurance of teaching and learning,

and the promotion and support of education research. Prof McMillan trained initially as a teacher, and holds

teacher’s qualifications in both primary and early childhood education, as well as an Honours in curriculum

and a PhD in educational sociology. She has published substantially in the field of health sciences education,

and has particular research interests in clinical reasoning, school to university transition, and student diver-

sity. She was National SAAHE Chair from 2008 until 2010, and is currently the SAAHE Council Represen-

tative for the Western Cape region. Prof McMillan is a member of the Editorial Board for the African Journal

of Health Professions Education.

In 2005 the FAIMER programme was expanded to developing coun-

tries by setting up regional institutes, 3 in India, 1 in Brazil and 1 in

South Africa, based on the USA model, but tailored to the unique local

nneds of the host country/region.

The Southern Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI) pro-

gramme is presented by the SAFRI voluntary membership association in

Africa in cooperation with FAIMER. It aims to improve the quality

of health care of Southern African communities by improving health

professions education.

To date there are fellows from South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Nige-

ria, Uganda, Zambia, Madagascar and Tanzania.

Dept. of Medicine

University of Cape Town

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Christian Chinyere Ezeala: 2008 Fellow (Fiji Islands)

Congratulations to Christian on the following successes:

Promoted to Associate Professor of Pharmacology in the Dept. Of Health Science, Fiji National University in

January 2012

Keynote speaker at 20th Fiji college of general Practitioners Annual conference 2012

Published article in Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 34(1):61-66 Jan 2012: “Admission

scores as a predictor of academic success in the Fiji School of Medicine”

Awarded a grant by Fiji National University to review admission policies into Fiji School of Medicine

Application for chartered Biologist (CBiol) award approved by the Society of Biology, UK in April 2012.

SAFRI NEWS ITEMS:

SAFRI is proud to include the following important news items received from Fellows. It is wonderful to know

that we can still keep in touch with Fellows from the first intake in 2008 to 2012.

Please keep your news items coming in, so they can be include in our Newsletters.

Phone: (021)534 8363

Fax: (021)413 0112

E-mail: dbransby@gmail.com

Website:: http://safri.faimerfri.org

2008 Fellow

Ogah Adenike Oluwakemi: 2011 Fellow (Uganda)

Congratulations to Kemi Ogah on the follow success:

Kemi has been awarded the MESAU-MEPI Faculty Research award to support her research proposal titled:

“Developing OSCE guidelines for implementation in Kampala International University Teaching Hospital”

2011 Fellows

Mohamed Labib: 2011 Fellow (Zambia)

Congratulations to Mohamed on his promotion as Head of Dept of Surgery, School of Medicine, Uni-

versity of Namibia. He will be taking up this position on the 1st June 2012 and will be in charge of

the development of surgery curriculum.

SAFRI

Milly Kabanga: 2011 Fellow (Uganda)

Congratulations to Milly on her part in a article, which is to appear in a newsletter for

International Health Professions Education under New Institutions and Programs.

Titled: “Introducing the women and health learning package (WHLP) to health pro-

fessionals’ training institutions in Uganda” A copy of this article can be obtained

from Dot if required. Photo taken from article.